TUARAN: The Sabah government will rebuild all suspension bridges in Nabawan that were damaged and washed away in last month’s floods, said Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor.
He said in the meantime, the state government had channelled allocations to relevant district offices to purchase boats and outboard engines to help residents to cross the river and conduct their daily activities.
He told reporters this at a media conference here today.
Earlier, he held a meeting with the Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Economy) Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed to discuss the implementation of Keluarga Malaysia (Malaysian Family) Hardcore Poverty Eradication programme in the State.
Previously a video clip showed a group of children in school uniforms using a raft and a zip line to cross a river in Nabawan after a suspension bridge which was the villagers’ only means of crossing the river was swept away by floodwaters.
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